Food Fight crazy.<\/p>\n
Seems that an homme named Forian Philippot, top aide to Marine Le Pen, head of France’s National Front far-right party–soundly defeated in the last election–just departed the Party. Demoted, fired, quit, whatever.<\/p>\n
Tensions had been reported. Numerous tensions. Which “erupted into plain sight in recent weeks over a small think tank called The Patriots that [Philippot] created shortly after the elections.”<\/p>\n
“Think tank”?? Named The Patriots?? OK, well, then I read what was the supremely monstrous betrayal which caused the final split between Philippot and Le Pen:<\/p>\n
Tensions rose further last week when far-right militants criticized Mr. Philippot on social media for going to a couscous restaurant in Strasbourg, France, instead of eating choucroute, the region’s tradition dish of sauerkraut and sausages.<\/em><\/p>\n You can read the whole story here , A Marine Le Pen Aide Leaves Far-Right Party – The New York Times\u00a0<\/a><\/em>if you must but really, you needn’t bother. Just know that white supremacists\/neo-Nazis\/extreme rightists anywhere are (in contemporary terminology) batshit crazy. And stupid.<\/p>\n Couscous versus choucroute. Splinter groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Food Fight crazy. Seems that an homme named Forian Philippot, top aide to Marine Le Pen, head of France’s National Front far-right party–soundly defeated in the last election–just departed the Party. Demoted, fired, quit, whatever. Tensions had been reported. Numerous … Continue reading